RevBase

RevBase is a web-based data management tool for systematic reviews developed by the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) of the University of Bern, the Nordic Cochrane Centre, and 2mt Software GmbH. The project was initially funded by the National Research Programme NRP 53 of the Swiss National Science Foundation. The tool will be freely available for Swiss academic researchers and Cochrane authors.

Call for better support for extracting and managing data in RevMan

International research group proposes that future development of RevMan should support functionality for extracting and managing data for systematic reviews (doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.10.016).

The Nordic Cochrane Centre is currently collaborating with the University of Bern and 2mt Software GmbH on the development of a new online data extraction tool, RevBase. The tool is compatible with RevMan and will during a pilot period be tested by a number of Cochrane review teams. After the pilot period, the Collaboration will be offered free access for all authors working on a registered Cochrane Review, and the possibility for closer integration with RevMan.

For more information, visit www.revbase.org.